The Democratic Party civil war is in full swing, with the feminist contingent dancing on Al Franken’s grave because — well, let’s face it, because they’re ruled by their emotions (I’m not talking about just the women; this includes their male enablers as well). They have no argument at all about why this should not have gone through the ethics committee other than “the ethics committee is rigged.” I offer this perspective so you don’t slam shut your laptop as often as I have over the past week: They are reacting against autocratic male dominance. An equal and opposite reaction produces autocratic female dominance. They must be fought for the same reason conservatism must be fought: Autocratic rule sucks.
Penn State prof Sophia McClennen takes a deeper look at the fracturing party and arrives at the same conclusion most of us at this site have: There is neither enthusiasm nor public support for the corporate-money-loving Democratic Party in this country. The party polls lower in public approval that Donald Trump, so how is their approach going to dethrone him?
Lucien Truscott IV takes an even dimmer view of the Franken incident, taking to his military training to describe Democrats as marching into their favorite formation, the circular firing squad.
On the killer cops front, we’ve got another one in Delaware, as a Dover 16-year-old was shot to death at a traffic stop in the wee hours Friday. Who was killed? Don’t know yet. Who shot him? Don’t know yet. What were the circumstances? According to the police, who have every reason to tell the truth (insert eye-roll here), claim that when the cop approached the car, the teenager “displayed” the gun. When will we get the actual details? Quite possibly never, by Delaware law. How long did it take to get the full story on Jeremy McDole, the wheelchair-bound man shot to death by Wilmington police? Arguably we still don’t, but it took the state 9 months to determine that the police did nothing wrong. We never got anything but a whitewash and lies in the Derek Hale shooting. And this has been the situation for years, Trump or no Trump.
Speaking of skanks, the Hollywood big shot riding for the biggest fall is director Bryan Singer of “Usual Suspects” and “X-Men” fame. For years people have known about his predilection for young boys; now one of them has come forward to say on the record what’s been talked about for at least a decade: This skank’s Molly-and-twink parties are the biggest unaddressed scandal in Hollywood. Easy prediction: He’s going to get a chance to see how he enjoys sex with the rougher trade in the California prison system.
In case you’re curious about why Bears Ears national monument was the target of Trump’s vindictiveness, wonder no more: A Canadian firm that mines uranium there wanted him to. The grand total the company spent in lobbying to get this done: $30,000. And I used to think that only Delaware politicians sold out for pennies.